Marysville police are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman inside her home. Investigators are treating the death as suspicious.

Marysville police are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman inside her home. Investigators are treating the death as suspicious.

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Updated: 12:34 PM PST Dec 11, 2015

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WEBVTT MOBILE APP FOR THE VERY LATEST WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE TV. KELLIE: NEW TONIGHT MARYSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A 92 YEAR WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT IN HER HOME. KCRA THREE'S CLAIRE DOAN EXPLAINS WHY OFFICERS SAY THIS CASE IS VERY UNUSUAL. CLAIRE: FOR TWO DAYS IN THIS HOME ON EAST 25TH STREET POLICE SAY THE BODY OF 92 YEAR OLD GLORIA BOOTH LAY IN THE HOME WHERE SHE LIVED ALONE. NEIGHBORS SAY HER HUSBAND DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A SUSPICIOUS INJURY, LOCATED BY A YUBA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WHO WAS ACTING AS THE CORONER. THAT INJURY WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE A BULLET WOUND. CLAIRE: THE SEARCH WARRANT KCRA 3 OBTAINED SAYS: A FAMILY FRIEND HAD FOUND HER IN THE KITCHEN MONDAY, LYING FACE DOWN IN A POOL OF BLOOD. IT APPEARED THAT BOOTH HAD BEEN SHOT IN BACK OF THE HEAD. DETECTIVES SAY SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEANING. THE KITCHEN DOOR WAS STILL AJAR. SHE WAS THE MOST GRACIOUS, KIND LADY. I MEAN, SHE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY, AND VERY HELPFUL AND CARING. AND SHE'S GOING TO BE MISSED. CLAIRE: IN COURT RECORDS DETECTIVES SAY NOTHING WAS OUT OF PLACE, THE HOUSE IMMACULATE. AND BOOTH'S VALUABLES WERE NOT STOLEN. IT'S VERY UNUSUAL. THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM NEIGHBORS IS THAT SHE WAS A WELL RESPECTED RESIDENT ON THAT BLOCK. THAT BLOCK IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE NICEST STREETS IN OUR CITY. CLAIRE: THAT'S WHY NEIGHBORS ARE STILL GRAPPLING WITH THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF BOOTH'S DEATH. WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED OVER THERE, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? SHOCK. I DROVE BY, SAW POLICE CARS THERE, THOUGHT WHAT THE HECK WAS GOING ON? VERY SURPRISING, VERY VERY SURPRISING. YES, VERY SHOCKING. ANYWHERE BUT HERE. THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. CLAIRE: SMALL TOWN MARYSVILLE. MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS ON BOOTH'S NEIGHBORS IF ANYONE HEARD ANYTHING UNUSUAL, LIKE SHOTS FIRED, OR KNOW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY HAVE LED TO HER DEATH. REPORTING IN MARYSVILLE, CLAIRE DOAN, KCRA 3 NEWS. KELLIE: INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED BOOTH'S HOME FOR EVIDENCE MONDAY

Marysville police investigate shooting death of 92-year-old woman

Marysville police are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman inside her home. Investigators are treating the death as suspicious.